i go for the jugular, sometimes when i post........but my distaste for LZ extends many decades..............The Beatles and Rolling Stones, covered alot of Soul?R&B/Blues...im sure now and again they infringed upon songs.but covering and exploiting are 2 different things.................Dougie.. i love the shrieks of Wilson Pickett and James Brown...but listening to the shrieking Robert Plante sends me running to my Momma lol....I think it may be a tad extreme to say they are a rip off band. Yes they 'lifted' lyrics and melodies without giving due credit but so did many other bands of their day, including the Beatles and your beloved Rolling Stones. LZ has an extensive discography and the vast majority of it is original. If you dislike their music in general that's fine we'll agree to disagree there.